Victims of hate

2:40 PM,
Nov. 15, 2012

A white scar can be seen in multiple spots on both of Elvira Ring's pit bulls. Ring, whose home was recently vandalized with expletives that threatened her dogs, believes the scars are from BB gun wounds that may have come from the same people who vandalized her home.

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It was nearly 2 a.m. on Wednesday when Elvira Ring heard what she thought was scratching on the outside of her home, prompting her to call authorities.

When Waynesboro police arrived at the residence, at 115 Henry Ave., Ring, 36, quickly realized it wasn't scratching she'd heard, but the sound of spray paint being applied to the side of her rental home.

In black paint, racial slurs along with threats to kill her dogs were scrawled on two sides of the home. "I feel really violated," said Ring, who is black. ...